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Top 100 Poets in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest poets in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 113 poets tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Hafez, Sylvia Plath and H. P. Lovecraft lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 272k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 7.9k, and the largest, Hafez, reaches around 143k people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each poet, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Japan. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Japan, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Japan. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
76 Nizar Qabbani 923 31.0 56.5% Poet
77 Clarissa Pinkola Estés 875 45.0 78.8% Poet
78 Abdul-Qadir Gilani 750 27.3 7.1% Poet
79 Saadi Shirazi 656 27.3 42.2% Poet
80 Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger 632 39.1 55.1% Poet
81 Muhammad Taqi Usmani 591 40.8 10.9% Poet
82 Michael Leunig 590 48.7 70.0% Poet
83 Parveen Shakir 588 31.7 21.7% Poet
84 Luís de Camões 561 42.2 66.6% Poet
85 Aziz Nesin 540 38.8 90.2% Poet
86 Cathy Park Hong 493 32.3 66.3% Poet
87 José Martí 451 31.4 51.5% Poet
88 Lalon 444 26.1 0.0% Poet
89 Neyzen Tevfik 437 50.1 26.6% Poet
90 Nihal Atsız 434 27.3 84.2% Poet
91 Ömer Hayyam 431 49.4 51.2% Poet
92 Czesław Miłosz 430 28.8 64.6% Poet
93 Bayezid I 427 23.8 22.9% Poet
94 Cemal Süreya 421 43.3 49.5% Poet
95 Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi 412 25.2 12.1% Poet
96 Shane Koyczan 391 39.3 81.6% Poet
97 Ogyen Trinley Dorje 384 43.4 57.1% Poet
98 Can Yücel 370 40.6 60.7% Poet
99 Ammar ibn Yasir 334 32.7 43.5% Poet
100 A. Samad Said 331 32.7 31.9% Poet

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan and ranks each poet by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest poet in Japan?

Hafez currently leads with an estimated audience of 143k people in Japan.

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